A Hard Look Back at Burma: Conversation with Morris Factor

AT AGE 93, Morris Factor still endures bouts of dengue fever, which he contracted while serving in Burma with Merrill’s Marauders. The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), the official designation of the Ranger style group led by Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill, confronted brutal fighting in malarial jungles against much larger Japanese forces. Factor was luckier …

The post A Hard Look Back at Burma: Conversation with Morris Factor appeared first on HistoryNet.